The Sun. — London, England, 1838-04-13 00:00:00

HIGH WATEIt AT LONDON BRIDGE TO- NIORROW. Reining 32 minutes after 4 1 Evening 53 minutes after 4 COURSE OF EXCHANGE YtSTERDAY, C.F. 12 6 joibrio l tar 4B Amsterdam Ditto. ,t sight .. ..... ........... 12 44 I 4_, - 6 -norn %,* .%.. .. ..... 02 R0tt, „ zdarn.....„,„„......2 U. I. r. Genoa Antwerp... , .11 l2 6 I Milan, ... ! ....................... 31 H2.niSurg. ,I SO" Atom,— g Paris, 3 days' sih. 25 il3 Palermo s.. 11 395 per oz rs Ditte...........• 3M.20 0 Li s b on - 26 5 Oloo.to 531, BOtirdeatrA -.6 5 Bin :aneir0.......". ................. 28 Fratikeirt on Maine, Ex. M :54 Bahi a 25 Peterthuigh, ruble 3Us 10 Buenos Ayres Berlln Vienna, effective 6......2 M. 10 14 Philadelphia, 46 'Trieste ditto ..... ....... ..... 10 13 PRICE Or, tiILLION, PER OZ CMadrid ........... .. ................. 15 Portugal o .old, coin '0 0 0 Bilboadiz.....-................ .... 35 Forei7o Gold, in bars 317 9 Barcea .... . ..................... 34 i New Doubloons lona .............. ~... ..... 34 , New Dollars Seville •_, .................... 34 .Silver. bars. standard n 4 11 ka _______--- THEAT-ttE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, WILL OPEN for the SEASON on EASTER-MONDAY, Apstri a l 16. Mr. WEBSTER, Lessee. Spl en didl y D ecorated. Fir ppe'arance of the celebrated Mademoiselle Celeste (who is engage'', for a limited number of nights), iliss Cooper, Mr. E. Gle‘7er, and Miss Elphinstone. An OPENING ADDRESS (written by C. Dance, Esq. ) will beToken by Mrs. Glover. When will be presented (83th time) Sheridan Knowles's suc cessful Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE! The Band will per form Herold's Overture to " Zampa." Sir William Fondlove (an old Baronet), Mr. Strickland; Master Waller (in love with Lydia), Mr. Edmund Glover, from the Norwich Circuit, his first appearance ; Wildrake (a Sportsman). Mr. Webster ; Trueworth, Alr. Hemmin g ; N ev il le, Mr. Worrell ; Humphreys, M r . Hutch ings ; Charg ewe ll ( a L andlord), Mr. Gough; George (a Waiter). Mr. Bishop ; Lash, Mr. T. F. Mathews ; Lawyer, Mr. Green ; Servant, Mr. Arthur; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance (Daughter to Sir William Fondlovc), Miss Elphinstone, from the Theatres Royal Edinburgh and Dublin, her first appearance ; Lydia (Lady's Maid to Widow Green), Miss Cooper, from the Theatres Vork and Lincoln, her first appearance in London ; Alice, Madame Sala (from the Saint James s Tkatre) ; and Amelia, Miss Gallot. Previous to the Comedy, " God save the Queen" will be sung by Mrs. Waylett, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mr. D. F. King, and the whole of the Company. The Band will perform Auber's Overture to " L'Ambassadric After which, be produced, Mr. Bernard's Domestic Drama (in Two Ae 4 , 3 ) c a ll e d ST . M ARY ' S EVE, A STORY OF THE SOI:VVAY ; with new Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. The Musi. e by Mr. Eliason ; the Scenery by Mr. G. Morris and Assistants, Major Wentworth (a proscribed Jacobite), Mr. G. ; Robert Vaughan (a Farmer ), Mr. Hemming ; Lieut. M co( 'ale Coast Guard), Mr. Hutchings ; Tom B ags (the anby Carlisle PrAtman), Mr. Buckstone ; Chalk (an Innkeeper), Mr. Strick sand ; Barty Sharpe (a discharged Trooper), Mr. Gallot; Grayling (a Fisherman), Mr. Gough; Ralph, Mr. Clarke; William, Mr. Green; Dame Mayflower, Madame Sala; Mary, Miss Beresford; Dame Ferns, Mrs, Gallot ; and Madeline (the Jacobite's Sister), Mademoiselle Celeste, who will dance " La Normande." Musical Director, Mr. Reed; Leader of the Band, Mr. T. G. Reed. First price—Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is.—Second price at Nine o'Clock—Boxes 35. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors to be open at Half-past Six, and the Performance to commence at Seven o'Clock. The Box-office will open on Saturday, at Ten o'Clock, where Tickets and Places can be had of Mr. Archer. Private Boxes may be had nightly, and Free Admissions for the Season, on application at the Box-office ; and also at the Public Libraries of Messrs. Sams, Seguin, Mitchell, Andrews, and Ebers; and at Fentum's, Strand. On Tuesday, " The Romantic Widow ;" the Marquis St. Croix, Mr. Ranger; with " T he Man About Town, " Dicky Skirts, Mr. Wrench (his first appearance at this Theatre) ; and other Enter tainmer•As. On Wednesday, a popular Comedy, with other Entertainments. - The Patrons of this popular place of amusement are respectfully informed that, during the recess, the Interior has been Decorated and Painted in a costly and elegant style —every portion of orna ment and covering being entirely new, after th e mos t approve d fashio ns o f t h e time of nis Quatorze. The Private Boxes (four of which are new) are tastefully draperied with silk, and so altered and arranged, as to allow of every visitor to them seeing and hear ing with advantage. The cushiOns and chairs of the Boxes have been covered with damask, and the hand-rests with the richest silk tabaret. Splendid new Chandeliers have been introduced in the audience part and in the lobbies. The Box Saloon is elaborately fitted up, and a new Pit Saloon has been built for the accommoda tion and comfort of the numerous and respectable frequenters of the Pit of this Theatre. A new Curtain and a new Act Drop and Proscenium have been painted in a highly finished manner, to ac cord with the Architecture and Decorations of the House. The whole designed and executed by Mr. Danson. The Lessee deems it necessary to inform the Public, that the whole of the Chandeliers are lighted with Wax, which is considered snore adapted to the comfort and health, as well as conducive to the better appearance of the audience, than Gas. Ladies and Gentlemen at present engaged :—Mrs. Glover, Miss Elphinstone, Miss Taylor, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Waylett, Miss Cooper, Madame Sala, Mrs. Hu m b y , Mi ss Beresford, Miss Gallot, Mrs. Gall o t, Miss Holmes, Mademoiselle Clara, and the celebrated Mademoiselle Celeste; Mr. Ranger, Mr. W renc h, Mr. Bsckstone, Mr. W e b s t er, M r. Strickland, Mr. E. Glover, Mr. Hemming, Mr. Perkins, Mr. D. F. King, Mr. Gallot, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Gough, Mr. Hutchings, Mr. T. F. Mathews, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Green, Mr. Kerridge, and Mr. Authur. Mr. Power, and other eminent Artists, will take their farewell nights here, previous to their departure for America. THE DORCHESTER LABOURERS. A PUBLIC DINNER will be given by the TRADES of LONDON to the DORCHESTER LA BOURERS, at WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE, on EASTER MONDAY next, Aprill6, THOMAS WAKLEY, Esq., M.P. in the Chair. Tickets 2s. 6d. each, including admission to the BALL in the Evening. Dinner on the table at half-past Two ; under the superinten dance of the CENTRAL DORCHESTER COMMITTEE, who have entered into such arrangements with the Proprietors as will ensure the comfort of all who attend. A spacious and hand some TENT has been erected on the ground, with raised platform elegantly decorated. It is imperative that immediate application be made for Tickets, the demand being so great that none will, on any account, be sold after Saturday Next, April 14. Clapp's eelehrateAP-orhirantty illuminated, an d, i n t h e course of the k , vcning superb display of FIREWORKS, by Madame Slengler, exhibiting several appropriate devices. By Order of the Committee, on. Sec. Tickets m a y b e o b tained of any member HARTW ELL of the Com H mittee, at the Turk's Head, King-street, Holborn ; White Conduit House ; Cleave, 1, Shoe -lane ; Watson, 15, City-road ; Hetheri ng t on , 126, Str an d ; and at the Working Mens' Association, 6, Upper' North Place, Gray's Inn -road. A Procession of the Trades from Kennington Common. THE COURT JOURNAL GAZET TE of the FASHIONABLE WORLD of TO-MORROW will contain Dialogue of Eyes at th e Op -- and L l d y The Maid of Hon our —Pas er asag Sir Cha r l es es from the Diary of a l ate Fright—Latest particulars of the Coronation—The Cathedral of Cologne, a lei Fine National Pictures—Poetr— Fine Arts--Exhibiti ons, and n all the Fashionable, Literary, Music y al, and Theatrical Chit -Chat of the Week. W. THOMAS, PUBLISHER, 19, Catherine -street, Strand. Sold by all Book - Feller s and Newsmen. Postage free. Notice. —Th e last Number, containing full particulars of her Ma jesty's Drawing. Room, with a List of the Company, and a Descrip tion of the Ladies' Dresses, has been reprinted, and is now on sale. CAUTION TO THE FASHIONABLE WORLD ! ! !—As a number of mistakes —of course not intentional —were made by the Newsmen last week, in serving another paper for the COURT GAZETTE, the following dis tinctions should be noticed— The price is Sixpence, and not There is a Stamped Supplement, Eightpence. Gratis. The paper is the most beautiful The News is given up to the hour in quality that is made, of publication on Saturday. The Type is new and clear. It is published Saturday After- The Form elegant for binding. I noon, consequently the right There are no objectionable Ail- Paper cannot be served in the vertisements. morning. 162, Piccadilly, and 22, Catherine -street, Strand, next door to the " Abe" Office. - 27 A, • I: , ( 0 , 11 WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1838. 1 here can be no question that the Spanish Cortes will sanction a loan of five millions, and that they would sanc tion one for fifty millions with still more good will, if they could see any reasonable prospect of success. The con tinual discussion on the subject has only one object —to Mislead the money -mongers, and those who too often be come their victims, as to the real state of the finances, and the real character of the parties who are now concocting a scheme for robbing the people of England and France. These parties know that their credit, like their morality, is the very lowest in Europe—that Spain for the last twenty years has been constantly borrowing, without repaying either principle or interest—that loans obtained under one Government have been disowned by another, or at length acknowledged only for the purpose of adding to debts which they never intend to pay—that nearly all the Custom-house duties and other revenues of the maritime provinces are seized and divided among the local func tionaries—and that the Central Government, even if it had not to contend with Don CARLOS, could not with all the army now on foot raise more money than is requisite to stop the cravings of hungry courtiers and intriguing officers, civil and military, resident at Madrid. They also know that the people of this country, for to England they con stantly look, are not likely to be robbed a tenth time in the old way ; and hence all their endless talk about the security of the Almaden mines, and the appropriation of the loan for the sole use of the army, in order to put an end at once to the war. We confidently trust, how ever, that the eyes of the public are now open to the tricks t_sf these jugglers. Fifty millions would not et.d the war without the interference of other powers ; and the quicksilver mines would at best be little more than a nominal security while the money lasted, and afterwards no security at all. Why, but a few months ago the Cortes were on the point of breaking faith with the ROTHSCHILb3, on the pretext that the contract was not good, and in all probability would have broken it, but for weighty reasons which money-borrowers can best appre ciate. Had they broken faith with that house, the pro posed loan would never have been heard of ; but as it is, are they more deserving of credit now than if they had committed such an act of infamy ? The will in this case is equal to the deed ; and should they be fortunate enough to get this loan of five millions, pretences will not be wanting to get rid of the res ponsibility. Public men in that demoralised country have cast off even the semblance of honour, integrity, and patriotism. They would squander the money among themselves and their adherents, and then, if no other means were' found for breaking the contract, their Generals would do it effectually by selling themselves and the mines to Don CARLos. It is worthy of remark, that though the money is to be appropriated for the sole use of the army, the Cortes are to have the distribution of it. What fools they would be if they did not pay themselves well for the trouble of doling out properly such a vast sum From the facts elicited during the various discussions on the Negro Apprenticeship System, and the accounts re ceived of the conduct and disposition of the Colonial As semblies since the payment of the Twenty Millions, no impar tial observer can believe that the Planters, unless compelled by force, will perform their part of the contract. With the exception of the smaller islands, nearly all the Legislative Assemblies in the Slave Colonies have wilfully disobeyed the Imperial Parliament by neglecting to follow out the provisions of the Act, and the masters of the Slaves (for to the disgrace of the Executive, Slaves they are still) have treated it with like contempt, by refusing to register the prwdial and non-prasdial labourers—by flogging females— and by enforcing more labour than they are warranted to claim by Act of Parliament. In Jamaica, containing more than one-third of the whole black population, open disregard of the law prevails. This was repeatedly stated, and not de nied by Lord GLENELG or Sir CHARLES GREY. The last accounts from Demerara leave no doubt that the law is equally disregarded in that colony ; so that we hare two colonies, containing one-half of the black population, who received Ten Millions sterling on condition that they fulfilled the law, and yet have set it at utter defiance. We believe we are not far from the truth in stating that one-half of those who ought to have been classed as non-prwdial labourers, and consequently entitled to complete emancipa tion, are still labouring as slaves. This circumstance alone is such a breach of the supposed contract, that. the Imperial Parliament would ho as much justified in superseding the Constitution of these colonies, as it is in having super seded the Constitution of the two Canadas, on ac count of the illegal conduct of but a portion of the misguided inhabitants of the Lower Province. The present Whig Government, however, as well as all Tory Governments, unfortunately lean rather to the side of the oppressor than of the oppressed ; they have, in conjunction with the Tories, suppressed the Constitu tion of the Canadas, because the inhabitants called out for freedom, and claimed the fulfilment of a contract which the Colonial functionaries admitted the Mother Country bad not fulfilled ; and they stand forward in defence of a contract with the oppressors of the Negro, which has been openly violated by a wilful refusal to grant the stipulated freedom. Their policy in the North is at utter variance with that in the South ; and the excuse is, that the Colonial Legislatures in the South will in time see the propriety and necessity of yielding obedience. What ground is there for such an excuse ? Not certainly , the conduct of the planters. They have hitherto virtually set the authority of Parliament at defiance ; and so inveterate are their prejudices, and so im bued are they with feelings generated by their long domi nion over the slaves, that they will not cease the work of oppression till they are deprived of the power. The only remedy, we fear, is that which has been resorted to for Canada—a Dictator, with an imposing force to carry the law into effect. Not to speak of England, the state of Ire land is such, that the requisite number of troops could be spared from that country to carry into effect an act of jus tice and mercy, and accomplish what the Irish themselves so anxiously desire—the extinction of slavery in every part of the British dominions. o),rjapflose 071onsidering the propriety of erecting ` a monument to Lord NELSON ; and also that Government have granted the site of Trafalgar -square for that purpose. We are glad that this is the spot selected, for it is an ample and imposing space, situated in one of the most bustling parts of the metropolis ; and a monument erected in the central part of it, would be seen to the greatest advantage ; though, were it to he erected in the style it should be, it would contrast somewhat embarrassingly with that singular architectural jeux d'esprit, which Mr. WILKINS, in his facetiousness, has been pleased to call a " National Gallery!" The Com mittee —as appears by the Report—do not intend to com mence operations until they have actually in hand sub scriptions to the amount of twenty thousand pounds ; which we feel convinced they will soon obtain, for no true lover of his country, who remember the height of glory to which the gallant NELSON raised the navy of Great Britain ; his last memorable signal ; and the last patriotic sentiments that escaped him when the hero's spirit took its flight in the hour of victory ;—no Englishman, we repeat, who remembers this, but must feel the deepest interest in the undertaking. We hare already not less than two monu ments in the course of erection to commemorate the achievements of our greatest Military Commander; surely, then, we may afford to erect one in commemoration of the ictories of our greatest Naval Commander, whose Trafal gar is not even eclipsed by Waterloo ! It is greatly to the Duke of WELLINGTON'S credit that he evinces such hearty zeal in the undertaking ; from the lips of no other man living can a compliment to the memory of NELSON come with such grace and propriety. W e had intended to have reverted to the subject of the preposterous Resolutions adopted on Monday last by the Middlesex Magistrates relative to the Licensed Victuallers Society, but the question has been so ably handled by our Contemporary the Jlorning Advertiser —whose articles of Wednesday and the day preceding have appeared in our co lumns —that there remains very little to be said likely to place the conduct of the Middlesex Bench in a truer and consequently a more ridiculous light. It is quite true that we do not altogether approve of the exceeding earnestness with which our Contemporary attacks their Worships' che rished absurdities. He argues with men whom on most occasions it were wiser to laugh at ; and we must in justice to the sagacious Mr. BARBER BEAUMONT add, that he seems occasionally to mistake the tenour of that gentleman's legislatorial concoctions. We will quote the article of our Contemporary of yesterday morning as a proof of what we are now advancing : , " The Middlesex Magistrates for the time are likely not only to be immortal in the remembrance of newspaper readers, but embalmed in the annals of folly, and consecrated in the me mory of the working classes of the United Kingdom. Not satisfied with establishing a distinction between the poor and the rich—giving weight to the latter, and cutting off the former with less than a shilling —not satisfied with attempting to establish a system which would rob the fair trader of his just rights, and give to the unlawful trader a power of cheating the country out of its just rights—they must also superadd what we cannot help declaring to be a wholesale robbery. We appeal to the following resolution in proof of the fact :—. ' That victuallers supplying strong beer, wine, and spirituous liquors, to persons while in a state of intoxication, or who have drunk so much liquor on the premises as to be likely to be intoxicated, be not entitled to payment for liquor so fur nished ; and that if they have procured payment for it, they may be compelled to refund the same on a summary process.' " Most wise and most glorious resolution ! No one is ' to furnish spirituous liquors,' &c., to persons in a state of intoxi cation. That law has been in existence for years—the grant ing of every licence is even now regulated by it, and, farther, it is the practice not only of all respectable Licensed Victual lers, but of the occupiers of public-houses, to deny to any in toxicated person the slightest portion of spirituous liquor. This portion of the resolution is, therefore, a dead letter; but what comes next ? Why, that persons having ' drunk so much liquor on his premises as to be likely to be intoxicated, be not entitled to payment for liquor so furnished ; and that if they have procured payment for it, they may be compelled to refund the same on a summary process.' To this last portion of the resolution we append as an answe r the reply of the Chairman of the Magistrates. It would he a matter of supererogation to add a single word in confirmation of it. It is briefly as follows : ' The Chairman said he wished to know how a publican was to ascertain that a person was likely to be intoxicated. Sup= pose he and his Hon. Friend Mr, Beaumont were to go into a public-house and call for a pot of porter with two other friends —could the publican tell who had the strongest or the weakest head ? He could not see how the thing was to be defined.' " Now we do not see that the distinction made by Mr. BARBER BEAUMONT between the rich and poor need be regarded as exclusively prejudicial to the latter. It is true that the poor man by this new scheme is denied beer after eleven o'clock at night, and that only " respectable fami lies" are to be permitted to slake their thirst on Sunday mornings ; but then remember that he has only to plead tipsiness to get clear of the reckoning. This is surely a benevolent clause, suggested by the deepest sympathy for the sufferings of those who may be labouring under the combined affliction of a parched throat and an empty pocket ! The beggar is as competent to get drunk as the Peer, and once drunk there is a legal clearance of the tapster's score, whether the quantity served be a quartern or a gallon. Nay, there are other advantages which the experienced tippler may derive from this clause, of which the poorest of the poor may freely avail themselves. They may get drunk first, and as drunkards take sometimes very queer notions into their heads, they may insist that they paid their score, and compel the landlord to hand them over the amount so paid on the legal plea of their having been tipsy. The Chairman's objection is one that would occur to any man of ordinary understanding, and therefore it would indeed sur prise us were it to have had any effect upon the decision of such an agglomeration of genius as adorns the Magiste rial Bench of the County of Middlesex. When our mo dern Suat.Lows charge themselves with the functions of a Cabinet Council, it would be too much to expect their re solutions not to run counter to common sense. There will be found elsewhere, in our paper of to-day, the programme of the proceedings on the part of the trades of London, which are to take place on Monday next, with reference to the Dorchester labourers, lately returned from exile. The place of general rendezvous, it appears, is Ken nington Common, from which point a grand procession is to set out for White Conduit House. The route Appointed is such as to give the greatest effect to the pageant in the eyes of the public. We think the few and simple regula tions prescribed by the. Committee of Management well calculated to preserve order, and indeed we have too high an opinion of that intelligence, sobriety, and love of order, which characterise the great mass of the working classes of the community, particularly those of the metropolis, to have any apprehensions as to a breach of the peace. In connexion with this subject, we may here mention that a little fourpenny pamphlet has been published—the eight edition is before us —which contains a statement of the sufferings to which the Dorchester Labourers were exposed from the time they left this country to their return, together with a Report of their trial, and a description of Van Diemen's Land. It is drawn up by GEORGE Lovu- LESS, one of the labourers. We have received the whole of the Paris Journals of Wednesday, with advices from Madrid to the 4th inst. in• elusive. Their accounts are very unimportant. A ma jority of forty-four Deputies declared in favour of General BERNARD'S Supplementary War Budget— thus manifesting the omnipotence of the Cabinet in the Chamber whenever the question is one of the actual strength of parties. On the 3d the Madrid Cortes voted the first article of the Bill for the new loan by a majority of 120 against 6 ! This is decisive of the fate of the measure. The following brief extracts contain the only intelligence of any moment to be found in these papers and advices : NEWS FROM THE FRONTIER. (Private Correspondence of the Constitutionnel.) LOGRONO, APRIL 3.—Espartero left Lerma on the Ist of Alp; it ; he marches to Soria, where the divisions of Firmin, Iriarte and Van Halen are to assemble. Buerens, after leaving one of his brigades at Valladolid, is gone with the rest of his corps to Segovia. Philip Ribero is at Burgos with the guards ; all our communications are free. The Junta of Leo nardo has appointed Merino Governor, and Zariategui Com mander-in-Chief of the Army of Castille. The 4th Polish squadron is organising here; all four squadrons will be under the command of Colonel Brokowaki, the brother-in-law of Campazano, and Colonel Krajewski, who now commands the cavalry of Van Halen. The Carlist Chief, lirbistando, formerly Captain-General of Catalonia, has published a proclamation to the inhabitants of the principality, entreating them to wage war to the utter most with the Negros (the liberals.) This thirst of blood is the common bond of the Carlists ; but we are surprised to see the following passages in the pro. clamation : " Catalonians Fight for the King and our holy religion ; be firm and devoted; do not follow the example of those in famous Navarrese, who fight for their fueros (privileges), and invoke the name of our august Sovereign. dbiltlrr ' 'me aurpaiion would recognise these fueros, they would not hesitate to betray us ; perhaps they would dare to give up King Charles to his enemies. " Catalonians 1 Death to the Negroes—Death to the 13is cayans of the four provinces I"—Constitutionnel. FRENCH FUNDS.—Paats, APRIL 11. Five per Cents., 108 f. s'c. 60c. 45c. 40c. Four per Cents., 1011. 25c. l'hree per Cents., 81f. 80f. 90c. Bank Actions, 2,670 f. 2,650 f. 2,660 f. Rente de Naples, 95c. 100 f. Roman Five per Cents., 103 10'2%. Spanish Actives, 21 21N. Spanish Passives, 434%. Belgian Bank, 1,445 f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. :0%. Haytian Lian, 480 f. EXCHANOR ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 55c.; money, 25f, 52,14 . c Three months, paper, 25f. 40e.; money, 25f. 3 t%c. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 108 f. tioc. Three per Cents., iilof. 95c. Bank Actions, 2,660 f. Romans, 102%, Belgian Bank, 1,415 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 2 Haytian Loan, 4801. Spanish Actives, 21%. Spanish Passives, THE SUN, LONDON, rniDAy, APRIL 13, t3B LITERATURE. TAE BRITISH AND POREIGN REV lETV. No. XII. Taglor and Co. In the choice, the masterly treatment, and the high moral and intellectual purport of its articles, the " British and Foreign Review" is hardly second to any of its distin guished quarterly contemporaries. Nothing can be sounder than its logic ; nothing more impartial than its general criti cism, when the work under review happens not to be the pro duction o f some i n di v id ua l w h o h as wan t on ly, an d i n a spirit of overweening and incorrigible vanity, rendered both it and its author obnoxious to the severest literary censure. In such a case the child is not spoiled by the non-application of the rod ; and the liberality with which the punishment is inflicted almost betrays a lurking respect for the old pedagogical rule, that chastisements, like Janus, should look in a pros pective and retrospective direction, serving as the correc tion of faults committed and to be committed. To " Hint a fault, and hesitate dislike," is no part of the Reviewer's system. He speaks out boldly, intelligibly, and decidedly. " Mitford's Edition of the Works of Gray," contains an able and comprehensive analysis of the mind and character of the poet. The Reviewer, in our opinion, over-estimates the value of the divine legacy which the author of the " Bard" has left us. Gray was both a sound and an elegant scholar ; he had more of the materials of poetry at his command than any author of his age; but the unhealthy morbidness of his temperament marred his noblest purposes, and when we compare the little he did with the great things he had the power and the opportunity of doing, the disproportion is so enormous as almost to stifle the expression of our just gratitude.. The " Present Position of Catholicism" is a masterly article, written in a temperate and impartial spirit, and well suited to the taste of the liberal and enlightened pro fessors of every creed. A great deal of useless, irritating, and consequently anti-Christian controversy would be avoided, were modern theologians to examine more care fully than they have hitherto done, the principles which form the basis of the Catholic and Reformed religions. We cannot sufficiently admire the equally clear and suc cinct manner in which the Reviewer states a question which for upwards of three centuries has been the con stant theme of theological misconception : " The first step towards a right view of the case, is to consider Catho licism and Protestantism, net as mere varieties in the form of Christia nity, but as essentially different principles in the human mind. These principles are, on the one hand, faith or sentiment; on the other, reason or the understanding. Metaphysically, they have been termed, the principles of the infinite, and of the finite. To the former are re ferrable those qualities which are technically called spontaneous,such as imagination, enthusiasm and perception of beauty; to the latter, such operations as criticism, demonstration and experimental induction. Bearing this in mind, we need not travel further into metaphysics in order to perceive that Catholicism is strong, because it has its seat, as a sentiment, in the heart; whereas the foundation of Protestantism con sists in the conviction which it affords to the understanding. Not, in deed, that the mass of Catholics are aware how much their religion is a matter of feeling; or that a large proportion of Protestants have ever ascertained the truth of their creed by demonstration, but are rather at. tached to it by feeling, in the same way as the Catholics : not but that the multitude of both persuasions take their religion upon no principle at all, but as a mere accident, because they happened to be born in it these circumstances do not affect the principles which we have stated to be the basis of the two forms of religion, and which the history of the Reformation and the centuries which have followed it abundantly con firm. Whilst, therefore, we see the substantial causes of difference be tween the two persuasions —causes which lie in the deepest recesses of the human mind, and which operate not only in religion, but also in po. litics and in every other great sphere of human action —we need not trouble our readers with a recapitulation of such differences between the two churches as are either of a dogmatical or ceremonial nature. There is indeed between them a fundamental difference, but that difference, we repeat, consists less in matters of doctrine or practice than in the compo sition of men's minds; and this is the real knot of controversy of which three hundred years have but served to prove the insolubility." The review of " Victor Hugo's Les Fair Interieurcs" (the inward voices) is enriched with some beautiful speci mens of the poet's choicest verses. We select two stanzas which will not fail to thrill with an exquisitely pleasurable feeling the parental heart : " How beautiful the child, with his sweet smile, His eager voice, his trust unfearing guile, His tears, dried as they fall ; His looks, where wonder and delight are rife, Still offering his nascent soul to life, His kissing lips to all! " Spare, mighty Lord ! spare me, and all I love— Friends, brethren, kindred, even foes who move 'Gainst me in triumph wild— From e'er beholding summer reft of flowers, Beeless the hive, birdless the leafy bowers, The house without a child !" The review of the " Life of Sir Edward Coke," is rather a philosophical essay upon the nature and tendency of the influence which great lawyers have generally possessed in the times in which they lived, and the effects of a legal education regarded as a qualification for the duties of legis kAifen biography of the celebrated Chief-Justice of Eng. land. In the main, the reviewer defends the old lawyers against the charges of narrow-mindedness brought against them by Bentham, of whose mental calibre and legislatorial performances ho presents us with the following tolerably correct outline : " Mr. Bentham was himself deficient in the two faculties (observation and analysis) which we have mentioned as wanting generally in law yers, and as indispensable to philosophers of first-rate power; and, like the lawyers, he was strong in the ratiocinative faculty. This being the case, it may seem rather odd that he should attack the lawyers so bitterly as he has done, for the want of depth and comprehensiveness of view which is so observable in himself. The apparent paradox maybe thus explained. Mr. Bentham was a man in whom the love of fame and of the oblique power thereby acquired, was stronger than the love of money and the more common and direct forms of power. He therefore was freed from that which is apt to blind lawyers in general to what is absurd in their science; and he had acuteness and vigour enough of mind to substitute certain more rational principles for some of the absurd ones which he discovered. These new principles he adopted, and built upon them a system of law which lie and some of his followers considered as being not less the perfection of human reason, than Sir Edward Coke and others considered the common law of England as being so, and with about equal justice. For though there was much of what was absurd in the English law, not to be found in Bentham's system, that system, though grounded on a few rational principles, yet was constructed with such a deficiency of philosophical power generally, and of comprehensive knowledge of the philosophy of human nature in particular, that we believe it to be not much more entitled to be deemed the perfection of reason than the common law of England. Bentham's system, however, may unquestionably be considered as calculated to supply useful hints for the construction of a coherent, rational and practicable system of law. " It is the tendency of a mind deficient in power of observation and analysis to make theories that are deficient in comprehensiveness and in conformity to truth and nature. It is much easier to construct systems of a few materials modelled by the mind, than to take the materials which the world affords, and out of these to construct a system. In the latter case a much more difficult mental process is gone through than in the former; for in the former there is nothing to do but construct an edifice after the builder's taste, with materials selected according to his fancy; while in the l a tt er the materials which the world furnishes are to be taken to pieces; their various properties, with the relative importance of each, are to be carefully examined and ascertained ; and then those ma.. terials are to be as carefully put together again in the new form best adapted to answer the end In view :—in other words, the process of analysis in its highest, its proper sense, that is, of decomposition and re composition, is to be most carefully performed. Perhaps the former edifice may present as good or a better appearance to the eye than the latter ; but then there is this important difference between them,—that the latter is adapted to the use of this world, while the former is not." We recommend to artists and the patrons of art, the ad mirable Review of the Lectures, Discourses, Disquisitions, Criticisms, and Miscellaneous Writings, upon Sculpture, Painting, and Engraving, by Reynolds, West, Barry, Opie, Northcote, Burnet, Fuseli, Lawrence, Flaxman, Westma cott, Landseer, Hazlitt, Lamb, Bell, Milman, Hayden, Shee, Richardson, Cunningham, Callcott, and a host of others. Mrs. Trollope's " Vienna and the Austrians" is severely handled. " The " Prospective Changes in Mechanics" contains some very important suggestion s of the vast improvements of which London and its vicinity is susceptible. We begin to fear that the pe riod is yet far distant when England will be roused to redress the wrongs of Poland ; and ;therefore, while we heartily sympathize with writers on this subject, it would be a waste of time to quote such of their argu ments as address themsel ves to t h e cold, calculating " com mercial" understanding of the British people. The recep tion given by the Revi ewer to " P ashley's Travels in Crete," is not more flattering than that very instructive work is sure to obtain from every admirer of deep research, when under the disciplined controul of a mind enriched with the stores of scholastic and elegant literature. It is one i nT rid draetv t a h eil a ls t tion h as a p peared since the of the best works of the kind the Albania long butan and elaborate p w ub e li m ea a t y io i t i r O e f af " te r r l u r e g v h e e r s ; s disquisition on the advantages and defects of the British system of colonization. COUNT CAGLIOSTRO-3 VoLt. Bull, Lo ndon, 1838. Count Cagliostro is a tale full of stir, and bustle, and in cident of the most exciting character. The reader's atten tion never once flags throughout it, with such skill and spirit is the interest of the narrative kept up. The hero is that well-known adventurer who figured in the saloons of Paris, and distinguished himself in the affair of the necklace, about which so much scandal was talked in the Court circles of Paris, a short time previous to the break ing out of the revolution. He is here represented as enacting the part of a juggler, and creating a sensation among the Noblesse in the French metropolis, by his slight-of-hand tricks and experiments in animal magnetism. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS ---,.......—. CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. Private letters have been received at Havre from Buenos Ayres, to the 28th January, which state that the French citizens in that country are imprisoned on the least suspicion, and they cannot even obt a i n a h ear i ng from the authorities. Things have come to such a crisis that the French Admiral on the Brazilian station is expected there in a few days with his squadron. Charleston papers are received to the 18th March. The Up- I land Cotton Market was in a very unsettled state, and pur chasers were unwilling to operate, unless at a decline, which was in several instances submitted to. The Markets afterwards rallied, and the former prices fully maintained. There was nothing doing in Stocks, and the quotations were nominal. Ex change on England i to 8 per Cent. We have received the Journal du Commerce of Antwerp of yesterday's date, bringing the Amsterdam prices of the 10th April; Two -and-a-half per Cents., 5-1 i ; Five per Cents., 101 9-16ths. They do not contain any political news. This being Good Friday, it is kept as a strict holiday in the City, with the exception of a few coffee-houses being open. We copy the following from a Gibraltar Paper received this morning of the 29th March :—" A letter from Santa Cruz de Mudela contains further melancholy particulars of the number of victims at Calzada ; upwards of 400 dead bodies were found amidst the ruins of the fort to which d'Basilio had set fire, including many women, and fifty odd children. It likewise appears that besides the Commandant of the fort, Puertellano, he shot twenty-five of his officers, besides four civilians, known for their devotionFlte_ortteAhresfQrorurneeTnL,TivbvEecrcLpaouvosleE;t.hneoy had presumed t o d e f en d the place. " We have receiv e d th e second later arrivals from New York. The sales of Cotton 3,000 bags— the m notarhkeeatr i a s s vr y i e t h t o o u f t t a h n e y a n rr e i vr y a f l e o a f t u t r h e e . London line of packet ship from New York. LECTURES ON ASTRONOMY AT HER MA JESTY'S THEATRE.—We paid another visit to Her Alajesty's Theatre last night, to hear Mr. C. H. Adams's admirable lectures on Astronomy, and to witness his splendid transparencies and costly apparatus, representing the heavenly bodies, which were indeed upon a scale of unrivalled magnificence. The house was very crowded, and did honour to the ability with which Mr. Adams described the won ders of the heavens. He will repeat the lectures to-mor row night for the last time this season, and cannot fail to close with a bumper. Reading astronomical lectures and descriptions is all very well ; but to comprehend a subject of such sublimity, the living hand of Art, pointing to and illustrating the motions of other worlds, must be seen. De. scription, however vivid, bears much about the same relation to actual sight as precept to example. We say, therefore, to those who wish to understand what they read of this sublime science, which leads the mind to look " From Nature up to Nature's God !"_, to go and see with their own eyes, and hear with their own ears, the brilliant but silnt wonders of the h eavens, so ably delineated in Mr. Adams' lectures. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the new Directors ele c t e d oa Wed nesday last, viz.—Henry Alexander, Esq. ; Willi am Stanley Clarke, Esq. ; John Thornhill, Esq. ; Francis W ar d en, Esq. ; and Sir William Young, Bart., took the oa th s an d their seats. Major-General Sir James Law Lushington, K. C . 8., was Chairman for the chosen Chairman e; nsuing and Richard Jenkins, E sq ., M P., D eputy. STATE or TRADE.—It is pleasing to state that the hand- loom weavers are at present fully employed. A ma nufacturer writes us that he has made application for additional hands, but cannot fall in with them,—Zhndee Advertiser. PANORAMA OF CANTON. OF THIS EVENING. BANKRUPTS. ROBERT STRACEY IRISH, w i ne -merchant, Falcon Inn, Worcester, to surr en d er A pr il 1 9, and May 25, at twel ve , a t t h e Bell Inn, W orcester. Dingwall, New Bank-buildings London. JOHN BARNETT, j un , b u ild er, Birmingham, April 19, and ay 25, at t we l ve, at Dee ' s Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Chaplin, ray's-inn-sq uare , L on d on ; Stubbs and Rollings, Monmouth treet ; Barlow, Birmingham. CUTHBERT DAVISON, cabinet-maker, Sunderland, April 27, and May 25, at twelve, at Kay's Hotel, Sunderland. Hop wood and Fester, Chancery-lane, London ; Wanless, Sunderland. WILLIAM PEACE, builder, Leamington Priors, April 30, at eleven, and Slay 25, at three, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leaming_ ton Priors. Newton and Ensor, South-square, Gray's Inn, Lon don ; Heath, Warwick. CHARLES BAILEY and WILLIAM HORATIO POTTER, wholesale druggists, Garlick-hill, City, April 28, at two, and May 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick street, Old Jewry, official assignee ; Crowder and Maynard, Man sion - house-place. THOMAS ASHTON, cotton-spinner, Stockport, April 26, and May 25, at twelve, at the Commissione'rs Rooms, Manchester. Coppobk, Cleveland-row, St. James's, London ; Coppock and Woollam, Stockport. JOHN FST, goldsith, Graftn-steet, Soh, Aliddlssex, April 24, and O Slay 25, at m twelve, at o r the Court of o Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Robinson, Hine, and Ro binson Charterhouse-square. JAMES BRAT T, draper, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, April 20, and Slay 25, at two, at De e ' s R oya l H otel, Birmingham. Chapli n , Gray's nn-square, London; Harrison, Birmingham. Died, on the 10th inst., at the residence of A. Godby, Esq., General Post Office, Dublin, after only three days illness, Frances, widow of the late Colonel Godby, of the Royal Artillery. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 12.-- All descriptions of Cotton were in a great degree neglected at this morning's market, but our prices of yesterday were steadily maintained; 2,500 bags are the total quantity sold, and we close with a dull tone. SIR WILLIAM KNIGHTON AND GEORGE TIIE FoURTII.—No work which has issued from the press for a long time is likely to be so extensively read as " The Memoirs of Sir William Knighton." The Times of this morning, truly ob serves, " Certainly, if any man was ever framed to win and deserve the confidence of a Royal patron, who was almost necessarily suspicious and distrustful, owing to the atmosphere of deceit which surrounds from their birth all persons born to a throne, Sir William Knighton was that man. To scrupulous integrity he added the most conciliatory manners, and the most amiable disposition. His talents, though considerable—f o r he was observing, sagacious, and sound judging—were never ostentatiously displayed, yet always ac tively operating ; and his discretion, combined with the frankest demeanour, was perhaps unparalleled by any known instance, at least among his contemporaries. With such qualities, he overcame, as we have stated, the distrusting and misgiving temper of his Sovereign, and inspired him with a friendly regard which we believe that Prince never felt (we may add, had no reason to feel) for any other being. This cordial o feeling is exhibited i n t h ose M emoirs. " This work gives Gg more curious informati on re l at i ve to the latter years of George the Fourth than any w or k yet pu bli shed—it will he universally read. c CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—During the session 297 bills of indictment were presented to the Grand Jurors, upon which were examined 1,251 witnesses. WASHING-RATE.—It is said that the Church wardens of Rochdale have been threatened with an action, if a debt, incurred for washing the surplices, be not forthwith discharged. No rate having been made this year, there are no funds for such a purpose ; and, we understand, the Church.. wardens allege that the person urging the demand has had no instructions from them to incur the expense.—Manchester Guardian. _ One of the great attractions of the holiday week we find is to be the opening of the Surrey Zoological Gardens, in which many great improvements have been made. The famous Panorama of Mount V esuv i us i s to be again brought forward, and a surprising effect is gained by the introduction of several new details. This, with the Eruption, the " Sur. prising Adventure of the Windmills," and the various other amusements announced will, no doubt, bring a full attendance of visitors to the Fetes on Monday and Tuesday. On Thursday, Mr. Farquharson met the members and friends of his hunt at dinner, at Dorchester. The Squire was in excellent health and spirits, and presided on the occa sion. Major Smith acted as Vice President. Oil Tuesday morning, at the collieries at Coalpit Heath, belonging to Sir John Smyth, Bart., two men named Dando and Hollister lost their lives. They were descending one of the coalpits to their work, when the rope attached to the cart by which they were d escen di ng suddenly broke, and they were precipitated to the bottom. —Bath Journal. The private view of this Panorama took place yesterday; It is one of the best of the sort wo have seen, and dos great credit to the skill and ingenuity of Mr. Burford, the painter. The view of the city appears to be taken f: ern an extensive terrace-walk on the summit of the English Factory ; in the immediate fore-ground various groupes of Chinese are introduced, whose singular costume produces a very picturesque effect. It is by no means so unsightly as has been generally supposed, though certainly not equal to the Turkish attire. The river forms a beautiful object in the Panorama ; it runs in a direction nearly east and west ; and in the immediate vicinity of Canton is crowded, like the Thames in the neighbourhood of London-bridge, with boats, and barges, and small vessels of all descriptions. There is in one part of the painting a ourious figure of a mandarin, evidently of high rank, who is watching the movements of some players, while other dignitaries are seen amusing themselves at various games. These several de tails break the monotony of the picture, and are executed with considerable skill. The scenery in the back-ground is very vividly painted ; and the far-distant horizon of green hills wear almost an English aspect. The view of the city, its suburbs, and the river Tigress, was, we understand, originally taken by a native artist of Canton, named Toon equa ;it is highly creditable to his skill in art. On the whole, the panorama—which has been produced at a very auspicious period when all London folks are busy holiday making—will be sure to attract public attention, if only for the spirit and variety of its details. T EIE LONDON GAZETTE BUCKINGHAM-PALACE, Aran. 10, 1838. This day had audience of ker Majesty, the Count Sebastiani, Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of the French, to take leave for a temporary absence from this Court. To which he was introduced by Lord Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and con ducted by Sir Robert Chester, Knt. Master of the Ceremonies. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 13. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—F. Greville, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Earl of Clonmell, who retires, April 13. 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant -Surgeon T. Hun ter, M.D., from the 45th Regiment of Foot, to be Assistant-Sur geon, vice Greatrex, appointed to the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, April 13. 14th Light Dragoons—Lieut. P. Leary to be Captain, without purchase, vice Royds, deceased, March 28. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—G. E. Blenkins, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, April 13. 7th Regiment of Foot—Captain W. Campbell, from the 62d Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Lord H. F. Chichester, who retires upon the half-pay of the 9th Regiment of Foot, April 13. 39th Foot. —Surgeon F. Sievewright, M.D., from the 45th Regiment of Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Hamilton, who exchanges, April 13. 45th Foot —Surgeon A. Hamilton, from the 39th Regiment of Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Sievewright, who exchanges, April 13. 46th Foot—Li eut.- G eneral Sir John Keane, K.C.8., from the 68th Regiment of Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Wynyard, de ceased, April 6. 48th Foot —Captain G. J. Burslem, from the 94th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Bell, who exchanges, April 13. 55th Foot--Lieut. J. 0. Cuffe, from the half-pay of the 45th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Walker, appointed to the 88th Regiment of Foot, April 13. 62d Foot--Captain 0. W. Gray, from the half-pay of the 9th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Campbell, appointed to the 7th Regiment of Foot, April 13. 68th Foot — Major-General Sir W. Johnston, K.C.B. to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Sir J. Keane, appointed to the 46th Regiment of Foot, April 6. 88th Foot—Lieut J. Walker, from the 55th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice W. H. Woodgate, who retires upon the half-pay of the 45th Regiment of Foot, April 13. 94th Foot—Capt. W. Bell, from the 48th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Burslem, who exchanges, April 13. Royal Malta Fencible Regiment--Lieut. P. Camilleri to be Cap tain, with local and temporary rank, vice Levick, appointed to the 59th Regiment of Foot. Ensign A. Camilleri to be Lieutenant, with local and temporary rank, vice Camilleri. Cadet G. Cavarra to be Ensign, witk local and temporary rank, vice Camilleri.— Feb. 9. Provisional Battalion—Brevet Lieut.-Col. T. Weare to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, without purahase.—Aprill3. HOSPITAL STAFF. Deputy Purveyor L. M'Pherson, from the half-pay, t o b e De puty Purveyor to the Forces, Aril 13. BRE. VET. Captain 0. W. Gray, of the 62d Regiment of Foot, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837. MEMORANDUM. The name of the Gentleman Cadet appointed to an Ensigncy in the 48th Regiment of Foot, on the 16th March, 1838, is Hulton, and not Hutton. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Stirling. The Right Hon. Alexander Edward Earl of Dunmore, Sir G. Stirling, Bart., and Major D. Graham, to be Deputy-Lieutenants, Oet. 19. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Berks. Berks Militia—A. H. S. Cerjat, Gent., to be Ensign, vice H. Greenway, promoted, March 10. _ WHITEHALL, Aexti, 9. The Lord Chancellor has appointed S. It. Patteson, of Launces ton, in the county of Cornwall, Gent., to be a Master Extraor dinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN OSTLIFE BECKETT, merchant, Hunter-street, ...• Brunswick-so a c mechanist, West Smithfield, from April 13 to 26, at eleven, et the Court of Bankruptcy. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. RICHARD JUDD MILES, corn-dealer, Warmington, War wickshire. n , l • 61,e conclusion from which the . most stolid reader may infer the right regal indignation of the author, as he thus wound up his soliloquy upon the dis loyalty of poor Boots ! The dialogue itself is a master piece. But notwithstanding its rabid Toryism, the book is not without its redeeming qualities. An ill-natured critic might r idi cu l e th e id ea o f pu bli s hi ng a seven w eek' s survey of Belgium, part of Prussia, Switzerland, several of the Italian States, and a portion of France, including the capital ; but aro there not hundreds of our countrymen to whom it may be of importance to know the vast account to which a summer vacation of a couple of months may be turned by a really active and inquisitive mind ? 1-10 v; many are there cooped up in London all their lives, wil e are only prevented from visiting Italy by the fearful ap prehension of the time it would take to go there ; a nd yet rarely does a season pass w i t h out their spending a cou p l e of months at Margate, Ramsgate, Brighton, St. Leonards." some other coc k ney water i ng place, crowded to su ff oca tion with idlers and invalids. Henceforth when we hear time started as an objection, we will point with triumph to M r ' Roby's seven week's continental tour, including the day s of embarking and debarking in the Thames. The embel lishments of the volumes are a map of the author's route and numerous wood engravings from sketches taken on the spots to which they have reference. We regard the Work as a curiosity—and what is better still—an useful one. MASTERPIECES OP ENGLISH LITERA TURE. Vol. V. Richerby, London, 1838. To be successful this volume has only to be known, for it is a republication, in a cheap and commodious form, of: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's " Letters from the East' —the most witty, lively, and graphic work of the sort in the language —accompanied by a Memoir of her Ladyship, and a criticism on her genius, from the pen of Mr. St. John THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. Moxon, London, 1838. We are indebted to the pen of Miss Lowrance for this work, which is a collection of biographical sketches of the Queens of England, from the commencement of the twelfth century. The authoress justly observes by way ofjustifica tion of her undertaking, " in a day distinguished by the publication of so many historical works, the Queens of England still remain almost wholly unknown. The land of their birth, the date of their marriage, the day of their death, is often all that the historian records of the wives and mothers of our Plantagenets." This is true, but the present, which is learned without being pedantic, will go far to supply this acknowledged deficiency. THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE. London, Re(fe and Fletcher, 1838. A difficult and somewhat dry subject is here treated in a very popular and readable manner. Mr. Cramp i s the author of the volume, and has called in to his aid, by way ° f illustration, some quaint, but pertinent engravings. RO GE I?S' S ITALY. Moxon, London, 1838. This is a new edition, in one volume, of ono of the most spirited—if nut the most highly finished—of Roger poetical works. It is printed in a distinct and beautiful type, and is lavishly embellished with graceful wood-cuts. The notes, which accompany the poem, are full of curious matter of information. VICTORIA VICTRIX. Churton, London, 1833. Mr Whithead, the author of this poem, which is devoted to the praises of the Queen Victoria, and anticipates the future glories of her reign, has executed his task in a truly elegant and poetic spirit, which cannot be said of the ma jority of our loyal odes and and addresses. The stanza he has selected for his purpose is the Spenserian—the most difficult of all to manage with any appearance of case and facility ; but Mr. Whitehead has triumphed over its diffi culties, and rendered it graceful and melodious. His poem is one jubilant Io Triumphe from the beginning to the end ; and is indeed the most finished and satisfactory of the sort we have perused for some years. We greatl prefer it to Mr. Southey's loyal thanksgivings, and consiele In vain the police, to whom he has long been obnoxious, are constantly on the look-out for him. He evades all their most searching attempts at discovery ; though he is ever to be found when nny of the wealthy and titled classes stand in need of his advice or assistance. Among the number of those who come to consult Cagliostro—such is the adventurer's name—upon the means of regaining pos session of rt helpless and beautiful young orphan girl who has eloped from him, is a veteran libertine, the Duke de Fro's sac, whom our hero charms into sleep by some magnetic experiments, and while in that condition reveals to him the manner of his death, and the period at which it will take place. This revelation is fulfilled to the letter. A year or two after, during the popular tumults that succeeded the destruction of the Bastille, the Duke is torn to pieces by the mob, Cagliostro himself witness ing the act of assassination, as one of the r abble leaders, under the alias of Jean Brisseau. This portion of the tale is told with considerable fire and e nergy , and the whole character of the Duke de Fronsac is evolved with a tact that shows a thorough acquaintance with the habits and feelings of the higher classes in Paris, during the eventful period immediately preceding the assembly of the States General. The fastidious Englishman, Cleve land, and his fair young mistress, Antonia, are also well executed sketches ; and strictly in keeping with the truth of history is the cursory glimpse which the author gives e s of the amiable, but vacillating Louis the Sixteenth. The language of the novel is not less deserving of praise. It is sententious and vigorous. SEVEN . WEEKS IN BELGIUM, SWITZERLAND, LOMBARDY, PIEDMONT, SAVOY, 6-c. In Two Volt. BY JOHN ROBP, ESQ. Author of " Traditions of Lancashire." London, Longman and Co. 1838. This is rather an agreeable book, and will prove a profit' able companion to such of our countrymen as may wish to travel in the footsteps of the author. We have noticed a few slight inaccuracies here and there, and the reflections which follow allusions to political events are seldom either novel or profound ; but generally speaking the work is re plete with that every day knowledge of foreign modes of travel, sight-seeing, and intercourse, without which an Eng lishman on the continent is as helpless as an infant. Mr' Roby, be it known, is a Tory, and appears to sympathige deeply with the King of Holland, whose wrongs he took a novel mode of redressing in about eight hours after he landed in the newly acquired dominions of his Belgian Ma" jesty. The scene to an observer must have been exceed ingly rich, especially as Mr. Roby intimates before band, that his own French was anything but Parisian. v doubt of his political wisdom after the following display ° f it would be a sin, for which we could not possibly exr et forgiveness either in this world or the next : " Boots" was astir; and, seeing he was a somewhat facetious sort of personage, sufficiently impressed with a sense of his own importance' i took the opportunity of inquiring, whilst he was performing the 003' usually done at home by one's valet,— " How do you like your new king P" " Oh, very good." When will you want another P" Here he looked up, as thongh b r° ascertain the drift of my inquiry. I did not give him any clue, an tl " e replied tartly,— " We don't want another." " Not yet perhaps ;—but I reckon you will want the old one backs e re long." The ire of our pedal functionary was hardly to be restrained. The ! impotent anger flashing from his pale grey eyes, he exclaimed, " —We don't want him !—We will not have him l--He's a bad king for - entirely." " He was only too good : had he treated you according to Y° ur de serts, you would have thought better of him." Here I suddenly rec" ' lected my imprudence—so fresh from our free, if not happy, countrf where *very man can speak his opinion without fear of spies an d ger :: d'armes. I had forgotten that such persons as the one before me very generally in the pay of the police; and that I might chance to A; myself in confinement some cool morning, ere long, for this free dom ," e..nice speech. Such are the boasted effects of " liberal institutions," and thet da splendid achievements of that " liberty and equality" which usua l ' in the worst, the most odious, forms of tyranny and oppression• and bundle together all the tyrannies, and all the iniquities of the nu.s i despotic governments for by-gone ages, and the whole wou ld scarce weigh a feather in the scale, when compared with the atrocities andn op pressions perpetrated in the name of liberty. Your patriots arc so fothema. of this darling luxury, that they will not let any one posses s it but selves. by which Here was a pretty specimen of the genus ; and of the dupes __,, demagogues lift themselves into power : men, whose deeds a re fiends might envy, to find themselves outdone. This fellow had nothing either to hope or expect from the recent change ; but, doubtless, he and his class, inflamed by a licen tious press, their blind passions excited by the priests, by vague notions, and re stless, never satisfied desires, hankering after some undefined good, alwale , destined to elude their grasp, they are merely the unconscious tools 01 the first political incendiary who condescends to use them. singing their ca eras and songs of liberty, while prostrating their stupid necks beneath the iron heel of a pitiless and relentless despotism, more terrible than the inquisition itself, or the Moloch and the Juggernaut of the East.